US Navy clears sailors in deadly Dubai shooting
U.S. Navy sailors aboard a supply vessel acted within rules of engagement last year when they fired on a small boat approaching at high speed off ...

US general: Taliban likely to be long-term threat
The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after U.S.

Obama aide: Budget will make both parties unhappy
The White House is warning friend and foe alike: They're not going to like every part of President Barack Obama's budget when it is released this week

Pentagon struggles with high cost of health care
The loud, insistent calls in Washington to rein in the rising costs of Social Security and Medicare ignore a major and expensive entitlement program ...

SKorea: 'Indication' NKorea prepping for nuke test
South Korea's point man on North Korea said Monday there is an "indication" that Pyongyang is preparing for a fourth nuclear test, a day after another ...

Airline passenger complaints surged in 2012
Airline passengers are getting grumpier, and it's little wonder. Airlines keep shrinking the size of seats to stuff more people onto planes, those ...

Dem, GOP senators work on background check deal
Two influential senators, one from each party, are working on an agreement that could expand background checks on firearms sales to include gun shows ...

AP source: FBI eyes possible extortion at Rutgers
The FBI is investigating whether a former Rutgers basketball employee tried to extort the university before he made videos that showed ex-coach Mike ...

Schumer sees deal this week on immigration
A raucous public debate over the nation's flawed immigration system is set to begin in earnest this week as senators finalize a bipartisan bill to ...

Kerry struggles to get Turkey to mend Israel ties
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two ...

US preparing for possible further NKorea actions
The top U.S. military officer said Sunday the Pentagon had bolstered its missile defenses and taken other steps because he "can't take the chance" ...

Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in ...
Top White House aide: GOP must cooperate on budget
The White House on Sunday warned Republicans that a "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations and ...

SKorea's top military officer puts off US trip
South Korea's top military officer has put off a visit to Washington because of escalating tensions with North Korea that have also compelled more ...

Kerry in Turkey, eyes new bid for talks in Mideast
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Turkey early Sunday on the first leg of a 10-day trip to Europe and Asia that would also seek to unlock ...
AP source: US delays missile test as tensions rise
Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at ...

Armstrong asks court to dismiss SCA lawsuit
Lance Armstrong has asked a Texas court to dismiss a lawsuit by a Dallas promotions company seeking repayment of more than $12 million in bonuses paid ...

Risk for Obama in pursuing morning-after pill case
President Barack Obama supports requiring girls younger than 17 to see a doctor before buying the morning-after pill. But fighting that battle in ...
Robert Remini, Andrew Jackson scholar, dies at 91
Robert V. Remini, an award-winning scholar of Andrew Jackson and 19th century politics who viewed Washington firsthand in the 21st century when he ...

Obama: Budget not 'ideal' but has 'tough reforms'
President Barack Obama says his soon-to-be released budget, already criticized by friends and foes, is not his "ideal plan" but offers "tough reforms" ...

Joint chiefs chairman in Afghanistan for talks
A weekend visit to Afghanistan by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is aimed at assessing the type and level of additional training that U.S.

Interior chief sees many wind farms in US future
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of ...
Suspects in Africa drug trade held in NY for trial
A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine trade was ...